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    We read to know we're not alone.
    “We read to know we're not alone.”
    ― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play
    tags: misattributed-to-c-s-lewis, reading
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: dreams, life
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    Pauline Fisk
    “This could be a dream,' Phase II said, 'Not one that wakes you up in a panic, but one that makes you never want to wake up at all”
    ― Pauline Fisk, The Secret of Sabrina Fludde
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    J.K. Rowling
    “The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: truth
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  • #5
    William Shakespeare
    “Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.”
    ― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
    tags: shakespeare
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  • #6
    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: acceptance, inspiration, inspirational, smart, understanding, wise
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  • #8
    J.K. Rowling
    “Time will not slow down when something unpleasant lies ahead.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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    J.K. Rowling
    “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: death, dumbledore, harry, inspirational, philosophers-stone, ron, sorcerers-stone
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: pain
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  • #11
    Donna Jo Napoli
    “And the world kept moving, not toward any goal, just going, because that's what life does. And its bound to be better with a companion who knows how to be tender, a companion you may grow to cherish.”
    ― Donna Jo Napoli, Bound
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  • #12
    “...sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same...”
    ― The Fray
    tags: music
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  • #13
    “If I knew where poems came from, I'd go there.”
    ― Michael Langley
    tags: poems
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  • #14
    Patricia A. McKillip
    “Words, he decided, were inadequate at best, impossible at worst. They meant too many things. Or they meant nothing at all.”
    ― Patricia A. McKillip, In the Forests of Serre
    tags: inadequacy-of-words, language, meaning, words
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  • #15
    Leon Uris
    “To me, a writer is one of the most important soldiers in the fight for survival of the human race. He must stay at his post in the thick of fire to serve the cause of mankind.”
    ― Leon Uris
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    Penni Russon
    “It was all so artificial. It was beautiful, but it did not belong to her. She was a tourist, an outsider, and she could only see the thin surface veneer of things; she couldn't get beneath it to the real heart of anything.
    ”
    ― Penni Russon, Undine
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  • #17
    Gary L. Blackwood
    “This business of friendship was a curious thing, almost as difficult to learn as the busuness of acting. Sometimes you were expected to tell the truth, to express your thoughts and your feelings, and then other times what was wanted was a lie, a bit of disguise.”
    ― Gary Blackwood, The Shakespeare Stealer
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  • #18
    William James
    “To change one’s life:
    1. Start immediately.
    2. Do it flamboyantly.
    3. No exceptions.”
    ― William James
    tags: change
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  • #19
    Robin McKinley
    “But the world turns, and even legends change; and somewhere there is a border, and sometime, perhaps, someone will decide to cross it, however well guarded with thorns it may be.”
    ― Robin McKinley, The Door in the Hedge
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    Robin McKinley
    “Roses are for love. Not silly sweet-hearts' love but the love that makes you and keeps you whole, love that gets you through the worst your life'll give you and that pours out of you when you're given the best instead.”
    ― Robin McKinley, Rose Daughter
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  • #21
    Robin McKinley
    “It is a much more straightforward thing to be a dog, and a dog's love, once given, is not reconsidered.”
    ― Robin McKinley, Deerskin
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  • #22
    Gary L. Blackwood
    “You imagine that there's no use struggling against fate, that she will always have her way, no matter what we do. But don't you see? It's our very efforts to cheat fate, or to change it, that make things come to pass in the way they were meant to.”
    ― Gary Blackwood
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  • #23
    William Shakespeare
    “This above all: to thine own self be true,
    And it must follow, as the night the day,
    Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
    ― William Shakespeare, Hamlet
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  • #24
    William Shakespeare
    “It hurts not the tongue to give fair words.”
    ― William Shakespeare
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  • #25
    Gary L. Blackwood
    “A little fear is good for a fellow, it keeps him from getting over-confident.”
    ― Gary Blackwood, Shakespeare's Scribe
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  • #26
    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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  • #27
    William W. Purkey
    “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
    Love like you'll never be hurt,
    Sing like there's nobody listening,
    And live like it's heaven on earth.”
    ― William W. Purkey
    tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
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  • #28
    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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  • #29
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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  • #30
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
    135494 likes



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